Response to "It's Time Roman Catholics Asked Some Serious Questions - 6) Once Saved Always Saved?

http://www.biblebc.com/Roman%20Catholicism/Serious_Questions.htm

6) WHY does the Roman Catholic church teach that no one can be certain of salvation, when the Bible teaches that salvation is assured in Jesus Christ?

The bible teaches that we absolute assurance of our salvation?

Mt 7:21 - Not everyone who says Lord, Lord will be inherit... See More
Rom 11:22 - remain in his kindness or you will cut off
1 Cor 9:27 - drive body for fear of being disqualified
1 Cor 10:11-12 - those think they are secure, may fall
Gal 5:4 - Separated from Christ, you've fallen from grace

Note the last verse, it speaks to those who are separated from Christ. This refers to those people who were previously in Christ, now they are separated from Christ. We separate wheat from the chaffe because at one time they were connected. We separate milk from cream because at one time they were connected.

We should make a distinction here. God will always remain faithful to His promises for He cannot deny Himself. However, we can lose our salvation if we do not remain faithful to Him. So we do have absolute assurance that God will remain faithful, but we do not have absolute assurance that we will remain faithful.

If we willingly separate ourselves from Christ and His Body, then we endanger losing our salvation.